Planning for fall

Planning for fall

Posted by on Oct 6, 2011 in Gardens + Artists | No Comments

Everyone start planning your fall veggie garden….great time to grow kale,cabbage,chard, and lettuce also plant your bulbs for garlic and onions. Sugar snap peas and snow peas can be started from seed now to be planted out in the garden next month.  Always protect them from birds by covering with floating row cover.  Their roots ...

Hanging With Andy

Hanging With Andy

Posted by on Sep 18, 2011 in Current Events, Gardens + Artists | No Comments

I’d like to give a very special thank you to Christian Berman for capturing the days here with Andy and the whole crew.

It Takes a Village…

It Takes a Village…

Posted by on Aug 31, 2011 in Gardens + Artists | No Comments

It Takes a Village to Create a Garden Before Andy Cao arrived at Cornerstone fresh off a Leob fellowship at Harvard, I wondered what to expect. Would he be some holier-than-thou Designer with a severe case of badassitude? And his design team: a coterie of crackpots from LA, impossibly trendy in head-to-toe black? I needn’t ...

Head in the clouds

Head in the clouds

Posted by on Jul 9, 2011 in Calendar, Current Events | No Comments

What would a dream, where the lines of reality and fantasy merge, look like if it came to life? Decorated landscape designer Andy Cao explores this idea with his two new installations at Cornerstone Sonoma. Working with his design partner Xavier Perrot, Cao will unveil their creations at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 10. “A lot ...

Red Lanterns and White Clouds

Red Lanterns and White Clouds

Andy Cao, creator of the much loved Lullaby Garden, is back! Please join Cornerstone Sonoma in welcoming two spectacular new gardens by internationally recognized CAO I PERROT STUDIO + PLACE  entitled: Red Lantern and Bai Yun (White Cloud). Beginning at 10:00am, visitors will be welcomed to the gardens and Bai Yun and Red Lantern will ...

Edible Garden Update

Edible Garden Update

June 6, 2011 The garden is doing well considering the unstable weather.  I wrapped the plants in plastic that were exposed to the cold wind.  They are growing vigorously and look healthy with lots of blossoms coming on.  The compost from Santa Cruz is really good stuff and the plants seem to love it.   The ...

After The Boot

After The Boot

Posted by on Jun 9, 2011 in Gardens + Artists | No Comments

Thank you to all who came out for our first Car Boot Sale on May 22nd featuring a range of goods from antique finds to handcrafted party hats all against the backdrop of the gardens at Cornerstone. There was something for everyone with henna tatoos, art in the barn, handmade cards, furniture, felted bags, spanish ...